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A Lost Treasure Returns: Sylvia Rexach En La Voz De Sharon Riley Restored From Surviving Vinyl
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Aaron Weibe
Traducción al español disponible a continuación More than fifty years after its original release, the rare and long-lost album Sylvia Rexach en la Voz de Sharon Riley has been carefully restored and remastered, allowing audiences to once again hear this important recording of Puerto Rican música bohemia. It is scheduled for release on all digital streaming platforms on October 17th, 2025. The album, recorded in the early 1970s, features actress and vocalist Sharon Riley Rexach, daughter of Puerto Rico’s beloved ...
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Alien Love Songs: Midnight Channel’s Cosmic Jazz Odyssey Featuring 'Shelly'
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Midnight Channel
Lethbridge, Alberta’s Midnight Channel aren’t just playing jazz—they’re reimagining it, tearing it apart, and letting the pieces orbit through time, memory, and love. Their new album, Alien Love Songs, is a sprawling, groove-heavy collision of blistering horn lines, meditative melodies, and the emotional messiness of being human. Featuring the monstrous, mystifying focus track “Shelly,” the record explores romantic, platonic, spiritual, and self-love as well as the aching absence of it. It’s as inspired by anime and inside jokes as it ...
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The 4th Annual M³ Festival Features Becca Stevens, Kenny Barron, Immanuel Wilkins, Melanie Dyer, Maia, Shoko Nagai, Devon Gates And More On Saturday, October 4 At Roulette Intermedium
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
Mutual Mentorship for Musicians (M³), the groundbreaking initiative dedicated to advancing professional and artistic growth for women and gender-expansive musicians, presents the fourth annual M³ Festival 2025 on Saturday, October 4 at Roulette Intermedium, 509 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. The event begins at 7 pm. Tickets and information are available atm3musicians.org. Early bird discounts through August 22. Digital tickets are also available. The marathon-style event features Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Becca Stevens, NEA Jazz Master and pianist Kenny Barron, acclaimed saxophonist/ composer ...
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All About Jazz Announces 2025 Jazz Forward Award Winners—Honoring Innovation, Discovery, And Impact In Jazz
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All About Jazz
All About Jazz is proud to announce the recipients of the 2025 Jazz Forward Awards, recognizing outstanding individuals, organizations, and projects that are advancing jazz awareness, discovery, and culture in meaningful and innovative ways. Selected by a committee of industry visionaries, these honorees epitomize the forward thinking of jazz in 2025. 2025 Jazz Forward Award Winners We are pleased to recognize the following for their outstanding contributions: JazzWeek (USA) A key data platform and publication tracking jazz radio airplay across ...
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Drummer Brandon Sanders, Former College Hoops Player And Compton DJ, Leaves A Lasting Impression With His Deeply Swinging Third Album
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
"Brandon Sanders, a Harlem favorite, is a swinging drummer who always establishes a good feel for whatever group he’s playing with.” —Lewis Nash, Drummer “You may not hear a more tasteful, delightfully hard-swinging jazz album [than] Compton's Finest." —Matt Collar, All Music Guide Album release concert on November 17, 2025 at Dizzy’s Club, NYC Brandon Sanders was 25 years old before he ever picked up a pair of drumsticks, an age when most musicians can already boast years of study, ...
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Announcing The Gilmore's Inaugural 2026 Larry J. Bell Young Jazz Artist Awardees: Tyler Bullock And Esteban Castro
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AMT Public Relations
A conversation with the Bell Young Artists + acclaimed pianist Bill Charlap now streaming at TheGilmore.org and via The Gilmore’s YouTube channel. Dr. Pierre van der Westhuizen, Executive and Artistic Director of The Gilmore, today announced Tyler Bullock and Esteban Castro as the recipients of The Gilmore’s inaugural 2026 Larry J. Bell Young Jazz Artist Awards, recognizing artistic excellence. Each winner receives a $25,000 stipend to further their musical career and educational development. Master pianist Bill Charlap honored Tyler and ...
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Robin Holcomb And Peggy Lee Join Forces On 'Reno,' Out September 12, 2025
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GoMedia PR
Robin Holcomb and Peggy Lee have been making music together for two decades, including The Point of It All (Songlines, 2010), a collaboration between Holcomb, Wayne Horvitz, and Vancouver jazz quartet Talking Pictures. Now Robin and Peggy have made a duo recording, featuring eight enigmatic Holcomb songs and eight of her instrumental pieces. The intimacy and improvisational interplay of the music-making are remarkable, as are the realism and beauty of the sound. This music is hard to pin down—it reaches ...
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A New Era For Colombian Zarzuela At Home And Beyond
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All About Jazz
When conversations turn to the resurgence of zarzuela in Colombia, the name that invariably leads the discussion is Lina Sarmiento. Recognized as the foremost zarzuela and jazz crossover vocalist of the new generation, Sarmiento’s impact is the result of formidable talent paired with an unyielding drive to reinvent tradition. As Ramondo Clere reports, at just 27, her leadership has transformed zarzuela from a nostalgic relic into a living, ever-expanding language of expression—captivating listeners from Medellín to Massachusetts. Lina Sarmiento’s ascent ...
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